The Croatia women's national football team represents Croatia in international women's football matches. It is governed by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Croatia. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colours reference two national symbols: the Croatian checkerboard and the country's tricolour. They are colloquially referred to as the Lavice ('Lionesses').
History
After winning independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, the newly established Croatian Football Federation moved toward creating separate national football teams to represent the country, which included the establishment of the women's team. Three years after the men's team debut, the women's team of Croatia officially marked their international debut, playing against neighbouring Slovenia in a friendly on 28 October 1993, where Croatia lost 2–3 away.
Since the 2000s, the women's national football team has pursued qualifying campaigns for the UEFA Women's Championship and FIFA Women's World Cup. In 2026, they began their UEFA qualifiers campaign for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, finishing second in their group and advancing to the play-off phase in late-2026.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend
2025
2026
Coaching staff
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification matches against Kosovo and Bulgaria on 5 and 9 June 2026, respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2026, after the match against Bulgaria. Croatian Squad
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the squad within the past 12 months.
Notes = Withdrew due to injury = Withdrew due to medical reasons = Preliminary squad = Retired from national team
Records
Statistics
Players in bold are still active with the national team.
Most appearances
RankPlayerCareerCapsGoals 1 Kristina Nevrkla 2008–present 110 5 2 Izabela Lojna 2010–present 103 14 3 Iva Landeka 2006–2022 102 14 4 Doris Bačić 2011–present 100 0 5 Sandra Žigić 2005–2019 94 10 6 Maja Joščak 2006–present 90 21 7 Leonarda Balog 2009–present 78 1 8 Ana Jelenčić 2011–present 70 1 9 Ivana Rudelić 2015–present 68 24 10 Kristina Šundov 2003–2020 59 8
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerCareerGoalsCapsAvg. 1 Ivana Rudelić 2015–present 24 68 2 Maja Joščak 2006–present 21 90 3 Katarina Kolar 2006–2014 16 40 4 Iva Landeka 2006–2022 14 102 Izabela Lojna 2010–present 14 103 6 Marina Koljenik 1994–2007 13 35 7 Ljiljana Jakšić 1995–2005 12 22 8 Sandra Žigić 2005–2019 10 94 9 Violeta Baban 2003–2020 8 58 Kristina Šundov 2002–2016 59
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Tournament played fully or partially on home soil
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1991colspan=9 colspan=7 rowspan=3 1995colspan=9 rowspan=2 1999 2003colspan=9 rowspan=6 2/584131611 20072/463031111 20116/610028427 20154/610226720 20195/580355204/610316618 2027colspan=9 rowspan=3 colspan=7 rowspan=3 2031 2035Total0/90/6521293149107
MatchesFirst match–Biggest win–Biggest defeat–
UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship recordQualification recordYearRoundPositionSquad 1969colspan=9 rowspan=6 colspan=9 rowspan=7 1979 1987 1989 1991 1993colspan=9 colspan=9 rowspan=9 2/46312818 –4/48017223 20014/46105719 20053/584131722 20093/4320196 20135/58017626 20174/58215815 20224/58215719 20253/4831451125th 2029 colspan=9 colspan=9 Total0/100/955146356414825th
MatchesFirst match–Biggest win–Biggest defeat–
UEFA Women's Nations League
UEFA Women's Nations LeagueFinals recordYearYearRoundSquad2023–24B22nd8305518*23rd2024colspan=8 rowspan=2 2025B44th610541731st2025Total14401093523rd and 31stTotal0/2000000—
Promoted at end of season No movement at end of season Relegated at end of season * Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs
MatchesFirst match 2–1 (Varaždin, Croatia; 22 September 2023)Biggest win 2–0 (Velika Gorica, Croatia; 1 December 2023) 2–0 (Karlovac, Croatia; 3 June 2025)Biggest defeat 4–0 (Senec, Slovakia; 26 September 2023)
Head-to-head record
Key
Opponent 49 teams played
See also Croatia women's national under-19 football team Croatia women's national under-17 football team Croatia women's national under-15 football team Croatia national football team Croatia national football B team Croatia national under-23 football team Croatia national under-21 football team Croatia national under-20 football team Croatia national under-19 football team Croatia national under-18 football team Croatia national under-17 football team Croatia national under-16 football team Croatia national under-15 football team
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